HI123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Hulagu Khan, Well Of Harod, Qutuz
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11:25 am: 1251 great khan mongke ordered his brother hulegu to invade the middle east, hulegu proceeded across the steppe, gathering a massive army- two out of 10 mongol warriors. Began his assault in 1256: destroyed the assassin stronghold, jan 1258- bagdad was sacked after 2 month siege. Had learned of the death of mongke khan (august 1259: hulegu might have received faulty intelligence about his enemies. Recruiting and training men, also accepting syriam refugees into army: other amirs don"t want to advance out of egypt to attack mongols, hulegu sent an embassy to qutuz demanding that he sumbit to the. Referring to syrian refugess and mamluk practices. Makes qutuz angry and he kills ambassador which signals war: 1261 qutuz mobilized his army, 1261 qutuz mobilized his army. Don"t want to go beyond their borders to fight the mongols: crusaders are mortal enemies of the mamluks. They say they"ll be neutral, but secretly support mongols: jezreel valley is chosen battlefield.
